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Meaning of universal property | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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The property of there being a unique morphism from an arbitrary object to the universal morphism of a comma category which is from a functor to a fixed object; or, dually, the property of there being a unique morphism from the universal morphism to an arbitrary object of a comma category which is from a fixed object to a functor. (Caveat: the uniqueness is up to isomorphism.)

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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